The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-06-18
WHAT'S IN A NAME?
4 FEW BORE FACTS AND FAycTgS
FROH THE DfRECTORY
Journey Through the AIphsbet-From
Gay to Grave UDcrowned Kings Dances.
Deans, aud Deacons- From East to West.
No North or south Closing Reflections.

'"S '""faNe tDcrowned Kings Dances,
Deans aud Deacons-from East To West.
No North or South Closing Reflections.
The article on the City Directory hav.
ing been favOrably commented on by
many kind friends, the writer is en-
boldened this morning TO present another
and, at least for the present. a final
chapter
In the previous article we pretty well
went through A, B, C's We now lightly
dwell on ID, and then we take our E's.
The Board Of Health are claiming that
Richmond has 100000 inhabitants, and
yet we find but one Dame I'm il, and that
a he-dame, and he Is not here now, for
"Cush" Dame has gone to the White Sui.
phur
We are glad to know that there IS only
one Damalls; that Is Isaac, and he may
be found at jiS ST. James street
No matter how dull It may be there are
always at least one dozen Dances on
hand, and there is only one Deacon 10
protest against IT, II is little odd that
while there should be nine DAYS there
are only eight knights. Although there IS
only one Deacon, there are twenty-fOur
Deans and Deanes TO make up for IT,
All Richmond may not be making
money but John Does at al East Main
street, with his old established Temple
Of Fancy, and no matter how much the
James may overflow, we have only one
Dykes to keep her back.
A GOOD RECORD.
II is TO our credit 10 know that there
are four who are Early TO one who is
Tardy and two who are Tarry.
There are seven Easts TO about sixty
Vests and we know no North or South,
ike good citizens that we are. and we
have only one Northern man in our
midst
There is only one Eye in the lot, and
ne is an old but a good one.
Euker is called for seven times and
Pool only once. but, as was said before
Ball is the favorite game.
The city Farmers show up to the tune
Of seventeen, and there are number OF
Fields, old and Young
One hundred years ago Richmond
bOasted OF Trents Ferry, and now she
has only one Kingston Ferry and that's
There are a number Of Figgs but only
one Flowers plenty Of Fishers, and but
fe Floods For the last let us be thank
full There are thirty-fye Foxes and only
four Volts There are plenty Of Free
man and "a whole lot Of Kings but with
all our boosted chiyalry, We have only one
Knightly man in the city
IN BIG LUCK.
No matter how bare our cupboard
may be, We can always boast Fry, and
if we are not able to raise the wind we
have some dozen Gales and Gayles TO
help us.
We have a Garrison for our troop and
Garlands for the brave and as rarely Is
the spice Of life we have both Gay and
Graves, with lots of Gates for our friends
TO enter in at
Richmond has its share of bad people,
bat 1t has more who are GOOde, and hun
lreds who are Gray and some very
y Dung. And while we have some half I.
dozen Guys We have only two who are
iuyers. FOrtu ately there is only one
Haag in the whole town, but he is a
worthy one, ii is reported.
There are many Halls that the people
iont know Of besides Coscoran Hall, +
st. Albans' Hall, and odd Fellows Hall .
There are six Hawks and three Birds, but .
no chicks.
The city has three Heads, besides all .
he heads of the departments.
IL is known as city Of Hills, so the re
porter will not attempt to enumerate all .
n the Directory
= There is one Hogg, but il is a genteel .
)ne, and engaged in nice business We
nave Herring, Pickerell, Salmon, and
ichad and We should never despair as
ong as We have 50 much of llop", be
,ides some Hopes.
We have many Pages.
We have much Luck and plenty OF Mil
ers
Although Richmond has not many
icrees it is full of Miles 1t would take
ages to tell of our TaylOrs and Cooks,
md our Roses and Poseys
Although we are entitled TO only six
Yards, many more are to be found, and
here are Words that must remain IN
poken for want Of time and space
There is not much in the dry, dog cared
caves of city directory TO inspire one
With sentiment, yet from its ample pages
much NAV be culled 1t is a history in
,rief Of the city Here are supposed to
,e found the names of all who dwell
within the city's walls The labor of
citing it up and having it accurate is
10 small one Every one who can should
AXE an Interest in aiding those engaged
n the work.
The writer's task Tor this time is ended,
nj il is = subject on which much might
e written and leave ii still unexhausted
Send your orders to either one of
'izzinfs stores for your Sundays dessert.